Sam Hunt Quotes
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.
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My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
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I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.
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I love so many styles of music.
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I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
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It's liberating to wear clothes that are outside the boundaries of what I'm supposed to wear, ya know, based on the traditional model, whether that be a country music singer, or being from the country. It's not a rebellious thing.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.
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Once it's out there in the universe, it's serving its purpose, and I'm proud to have other folks hear the music that I was a part of making.
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I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
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'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.
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I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few songs for a guy there named Jimmy Ritchey. Through that meeting, I met another couple guys and ended up getting a publishing deal in Nashville.